Restaurante Las Caletas Casa Tomas is definitely off the beaten track, it’s a wonderful traditional Spanish restaurant right on the waterfront and within easy reach of Costa Teguise. Situated in the streets at Las Caletas, which is the tiny village between the desalination plant and holiday resort, Casa Tomas is a family run Canarian restaurant…
The Supremum Wine Contest, the first edition of a new Wine Contest covering the Spanish territory, has been very successful for Lanzarote wines. Vino Supremum is organised by Concursosdevino.com and ALAMESA. It’s a quality contest of wines for sale in Supermarkets and Specialist Shops with a retail price of over €10. Out of 175 wines registered, representing a wide…
We were initially disappointed on arrival at the Blue Horizon, it was our first visit and we had heard great things about this restaurant situated at the front of the Sol Lanzarote hotel. The reason for our disappointment was because the sushi menu was not available at 1pm, we’d been looking forward to this lunch…
We were drawn to Restaurante La Maresía as we drove into Órzola, they occupy a lovely position in the village. It may not be right on the harbour waterfront, this is compensated by a lovely shaded alfresco dining area in the garden at the side of the restaurant, plus they have parking facilities. Our instincts…
There’s an activity available in Lanzarote, and the best part is that it involves food and drink! Véro & Antonio are a French and Spanish couple who are passionate foodies, like many of us they fell in love with Lanzarote on their first visit. The couple previously lived in Paris, their crazy dream to give…
Having eaten at El Toro in Puerto del Carmen and heard about Arena in Los Mojones, we were interested to visit Chef Luis Leon’s new venture called Cala in Arrecife. We had the place to ourselves when we arrived with friends at 7.30pm, although the other restaurants around the Charco de San Ginés were buzzing.…
In 2017 Lanzarote has had a total of 790 winners of Certificates of Excellence. They are broken down as follows: 132 accommodation, 148 attractions and a whooping 510 eateries. Travellers submit reviews for a period of 12 months and to qualify for the award, a business must maintain an overall rating of at least four out of five, have a…
A tapas fair will take place in the old town harbour area of Puerto del Carmen this weekend. There was some confusion this year as to whether this annual event would actually happen, it was on, then off, and now we have the poster and the details have been confirmed. This event is a popular…
We had been working in Playa Blanca and were looking for somewhere for an evening meal, we fancied pizza so headed for the Italian restaurant Casale Franco. Casale Franco is situated on the top floor of the Papagayo shopping centre and has great views down to Playa Dorada beach and the coast of Playa Blanca.…
We were in Puerto del Carmen to enjoy the Fiesta del Carmen maritime procession, and had noticed the Legacy of India restaurant on our walk down the strip to the harbour. On the walk back to our car, we decided to have an impromptu meal out, and ordered their daily special menu priced at €8.95.…